"I have never met a happier people than the
Germans and Hitler is one of the greatest men. The old trust him; the young
idolise him. It is the worship of a national hero who has saved his country."
(David Lloyd George, Daily Express, 17.9.1936)

Daily Express - 17.9.1936:

"I have now seen the famous German leader and
also something of the great change he has effected. "Whatever one may think of
his methods - and they are certainly not those of a parliamentary country, there
can be no doubt that he has achieved a marvelous transformation in the spirit of
the people, in their attitude towards each other, and in their social and
economic outlook.

He rightly claimed at Nuremberg that in four
years his movement had made a new Germany.

It is not the Germany of the first decade that
followed the war - broken, dejected and bowed down with a sense of apprehension
and impotence. It is now full of hope and confidence, and of a renewed sense of
determination to lead its own life without interference from any influence
outside its own frontiers.

There is for the first time since the war a
general sense of security. The people are more cheerful. There is a greater
sense of general gaiety of spirit throughout the land. It is a happier Germany.
I saw it everywhere, and Englishmen I met during my trip and who knew Germany
well were very impressed with the change.

One man has accomplished this miracle. He is a
born leader of men. A magnetic and dynamic personality with a single-minded
purpose, as resolute will and a dauntless heart.

He is not merely in name but in fact the
national Leader. He has made them safe against potential enemies by whom they
were surrounded. He is also securing them against the constant dread of
starvation which is one of the most poignant memories of the last years of the
War and the first years of the Peace. Over 700,000 died of sheer hunger in those
dark years. You can still see the effect in the physique of those who were born
into that bleak world.

The fact that Hitler has rescued his country
from the fear of repetition of that period of despair, penury and humiliation
has given him an unchallenged authority in modern Germany.

As to his popularity, especially among the
youth of Germany, there can be no manner of doubt. The old trust him; the young
idolise him. It is not the admiration accorded to a popular leader. It is the
worship of a national hero who has saved his country from utter despondence and
degradation.

To those who have actually seen and sensed the
way Hitler reigns over the heart and mind of Germany, this description may
appear extravagant. All the same it is the bare truth. This great people will
work better, sacrifice more, and, if necessary, fight with greater resolution
because Hitler asks the to do so. Those who do not comprehend this central fact
cannot judge the present possibilities of modern Germany.

That impression more than anything I witnessed
during my short visit to the new Germany. There was a revivalist atmosphere. It
had an extraordinary effect in unifying the nation.

Catholic and Protestant, Prussian and
Bavarian, employer and workman, rich and poor, have been consolidated into one
people. Religious, provincial and class origins no longer divide the nation.
There is a passion for unity born of dire necessity.

The divisions, which followed the collapse of
1918, made Germany impotent to face the problems, internal and external. That is
why the clash of rival passions is not only deprecated but temporarily
suppressed.

I found everywhere a fierce and uncompromising
hostility to Russian Bolshevism, coupled with a genuine admiration for the
British people with a profound desire for a better and friendlier understanding
of them. The Germans have definitely made up their minds never to quarrel with
us again, nor have they any vindictive feelings towards the French. They have
altogether put out of their minds any desire for the restoration of
Alsace-Lorraine.

But there is a real hatred and fear of Russian
Bolshevism, and unfortunately it is growing in intensity. It constitutes the
driving force of their international and military policy. Their private and
public talk is full of it. Wherever you go you need not wait long before you
hear the word 'Bolshevismus', and it recurs again and again with a wearying
reiteration.

Their eyes are concentrated on the East as if
they are watching intently for the breaking of the day of wrath. Against it they
are preparing with German thoroughness.

This fear is not put on. High and low they are
convinced there is every reason for apprehension. They have a dread of the great
army that has been built up in Russia in recent years.

An exceptionally violent anti-German campaign
of abuse printed in the Russian official Press and propelled by the official
Moscow radio has revived the suspicion in Germany that the Soviet Government are
contemplating mischief."

David Lloyd George

".... and the achievement by which the tables
have been turned upon the complacent, feckless and purblind victors deserves to
be reckoned a prodigy in the history of the world and a prodigy which is
inseparable from the personal exertions of life thrust on a single man. ...

Those who have met Hitler face to face in
public, business, or on social terms, have found a highly competent, cool,
well-informed functionary with an agreeable manner, a discerning smile and few
have been unaffected by a subtle personal magnetism.

Nor is this impression merely the dazzle of
power. He exerted it on his companions at every stage in his struggle, even when
his fortunes were in the lowest depths....

One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire
his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated I should hope we should
find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our
place among the nations."

- Winston Churchill, 'Step by Step', p.143

WINSTON CHURCHILL: "In fifteen years that have
followed this resolve, he has succeeded in restoring Germany to the most
powerful position in Europe, and not only has he restored the position of his
country, but he has even, to a very great extent, reversed the results of the
Great War.... the vanquished are in the process of becoming the victors and the
victors the vanquished.... whatever else might be thought about these exploits
they are certainly among the most remarkable in the whole history of the world."
– 1935. (Ironically the author of these comments had directly the opposite
effect on his own country).

THEODUR HEUSS : "He moved souls, the will to
sacrifice, and great devotion, enthralling and enthusiastically inspiring
everyone by his appearance."

VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE "He has a supreme
intellect. I have known only two other men to whom I could apply such
distinction - Lord Northcliffe and Lloyd George. If one puts a question to
Hitler, he gives an immediate, brilliant clear answer. There is no human being
living whose promise on important matters I would trust more readily. He
believes that Germany has a divine calling and that the German people are
destined to save Europe from the revolutionary attacks of Communism. He values
family life very highly, whereas Communism is its worst enemy. He has thoroughly
cleansed the moral, ethical life of Germany, forbidden publication of obscene
books, and performance of questionable plays and films. No words can describe
his politeness; he disarms men as well as women and can win both at any time
with his conciliatory, pleasant smile. He is a man of rare culture. His
knowledge of music, the arts and architecture is profound." - 'Warnings and
Predictions', p.180 - 183

HANS GRIMM: "I witness with awe and
admiration, that he, as nearly the first in the world, caused multitudes without
force or any personal benefits to follow him of their own free will and
volition."

G.E.O KNIGHT: "Altogether, Herr Hitler has
worked miracles for the new Germany. I anticipate that in a very short time, the
Chancellor will have shown the world more than it ever bargained for in its
wildest efforts to crush the new regime." - In Defence of Germany

JACQUES BAINVILLE, l'Action Francais: "Is
Hitler policy the result of his own unaided efforts? Or is it influenced by his
counselors? At bottom, this is more or less indifferent; then he who is capable
of following sound advice is just as clever as he who gives such advice ...
Hitler is undoubtedly lucky. Hitherto he has succeeded in everything, since even
in his most impulsive moments he is a prudent calculator, and he shapes his
foreign policy with the same bold imagination as he shaped the policy which was
fore ordained to make him the master of German's destinies ... Thus he is always
ahead of other governments, who are invariably a day or an idea - let us hope
not an army - behindhand. When our ministers were asked if they were prepared to
negotiate with the Head of the German Government they replied evasively that
they were certainly ready to do so, but only in full agreement with our allies.
At that very time Hitler had already concluded his non-aggression pact with
Poland ... Poland's leading newspaper writes; 'Hitler is the first German
statesman who has found the right language at the right time. Hitler has always
stressed that any treaty signed by him is worth fare more than the Treaty of
Locarno. For Stressseman represented political parties which no longer existed,
whereas Hitler enjoys the confidence of the whole of Germany expressed by the
votes of over forty million electors.' "

HOUSTON STEWART CHAMBERLAIN: "At one stroke
you have transformed the state of my soul. That Germany in the greatest hour of
its need can produce a Hitler testifies to its vitality."

THE DAILY MAIL : "He succeeded in ascending to
the highest power-position in Germany with very little spilling of blood or loss
of human life in a land of 68 million inhabitants. Austria was annexed without
one shot being fired." - Daily Mail, 20th, May, 1938

SIR ARNOLD WILSON, MP: "Health statistics in
Germany are satisfactory. Infant mortality has been greatly reduced and is
considerably inferior to that in Great Britain. Tuberculosis and other diseases
have noticeably diminished. The criminal courts have never had so little to do
and the prisons have never had so few occupants. It is a pleasure to observe the
physical aptitude of the German youth. Even the poorest persons are better
clothed than was formerly the case, and their cheerful faces testify to their
psychological improvement that has been wrought within them. Economic conditions
in Germany, abstraction made of the influence exerted by rearmament, are
steadily progressing. Unemployment has greatly decreased."

THE OBSERVER: "Last May, I returned, bringing
my family for another sojourn, after two years spent in other European
countries. I found a Germany which has advanced miraculously from the point of
1933. I found political solidarity, a wholesome tone in the life of city dweller
and country dweller alike. I found living costs materially reduced and an
unmistakable optimism on every hand. In every quarter I found the same answer to
my questioning: Profound belief in the genius of the Leader, love and admiration
for him as an individual. My observations have covered a wide range of social
classification. I have talked with the humblest type of labourers, with
merchants, professional men. I have yet to discover a dissenting voice to the
question of loyalty to the Führer. My two young daughters are attending German
public schools and are receiving an education which in thoroughness could be
equaled in few countries." - John L. Garvin. The Observer

AMERICAN MANIFEST DESTINY: "These financial
and industrial wonders had been performed without foreign loans. Of these
miracles, Churchill gave this tribute: "Whatever else may be thought about these
exploits they are certainly among the most remarkable in the whole history of
the world." - American Manifest Destiny, Conrad Grieb. Examiner Books. N.Y

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW: "It was evident that
Germany needed only a resolute and clear-headed leader to denounce the Treaty;
declare her determination to assert her full equality with the Powers, and
refuse to be disarmed, plundered and chastised under the pretext of reparations
and 'war guilt', to rally to him every living soul whose native language was
German, and at the same time take a great step towards peace in Europe by
proving that neither France nor England nor the United States dare outrage
humanity by attempting military occupation of her territory on the model of the
old partitions of Poland; in short, that instead of Europe being plunged into
war she would be dragged back from the brink of it by Germany ... Herr Hitler
seized the hour and said the word, and France and England immediately climbed
down, preserving their dignity by lecturing the Chancellor solemnly on his
naughty behaviour as they descended ... Mr. Vernon Bartlett was soundly berated
by the Foreign Office for imploring all lovers of peace to believe in the
perfect sincerity of Herr Hitler's assurance that a free Germany would be a
peaceful Germany, but 95% of the listeners who wrote to him wanted to have him
appointed Foreign Secretary. When I said that Herr Hitler's action was right and
inevitable, the storm of abuse that was about to bust on me was suddenly checked
by Mr. Lloyd George saying exactly the same thing ... Europe breathed again. The
beginnings of a British popularity set in for Herr Hitler as they had set in
years before for Signor Mussolini, in spite of all the liberal protests, and it
only remains to watch the results of the forthcoming general election in
Germany, in which it is inconceivable that a single vote should be cast against
him, even by the angriest German Jew or German Communist." - George Bernard
Shaw. Playwright. 'The Observer' November, 5th, 1933

THE CHURCH: "The spectacle of Germany today is
a tremendous experience. Fifteen years after the war in which the allied powers
thought they had destroyed her, Germany is on her feet again. As compared with
1922 and 1931, when I last saw Germany, the change is miraculous. The people are
confident, enthusiastic and courageous. They have recovered their morale. In
1931 the German people were going to pieces. But now they are themselves again,
no doubt about that! The masses of the people are increasingly with Hitler. I
have been fooling myself all along that this was not so, but now I know it is
so." - John H. Holmes, Pastor. Community Church. NY Times, July 12th, 1935

DOUGLAS REED: "Germans in their country are
not less well cared for than the English people in theirs, but better. You are
faced with a country immensely strong in arms and immensely strong in real
wealth - not in gold bars in a vault of the national bank, but industry,
agriculture, the thrift and energy of the work people, and the conditions of
life they enjoy. In German now they have a mighty organisation, equipped with
full powers, for improving the lot of the work people in factories and
workshops. Their engineers and social workers and artists go into the factories
and see what needs to be done. They say that a shower room, recreation room, a
restaurant, a medical clinic, a dental clinic is needed and these ere provided.
They have a civic sense , a social conscience, a feeling of the community of
German mankind - in spite of the bestial concentration camps - which you lack."

AND OF THOSE ‘CONCENTRATION ANOTHER ENGLISHMAN
REVEALS ALL: "In August, 1933 there were seven thousand 'political prisoners'
(Britain's prison population is in excess of 50,000) in Germany of which about
700 are Communists. Most were convicted of political crimes as we define them,
but rather of anti-social behaviour and crime ... The discipline in the camp was
of the robust kind. Every man had some kind of work to do, but this was not
always enforced. The camp rose at 6.00am and all lights were out at 9.0pm. The
meals consisted of breakfast, dinner, supper with meat served daily except on
Fridays. There was a dispensary attached to the camp and a German doctor was in
charge. Severe cases of illness were sent to the local hospital ... Various
trades were carried on inside the camp such as carpentry, tailoring and
shoemaking. Part of the camp was set off for bathing. Shower baths and
facilities for sunbathing were shown to me. There was also a splendid sports
ground ... The sleeping compartments consisted of wooden beds and straw
mattresses, with three blankets for each prisoner. The working hours were from
7.00am to 11.30am and from 1.00pm to 6.00pm. A library was in the course of
being introduced ... Visitors were allowed once a week, and were received in the
dining room which accommodated some 300 people. There were apartments set apart
for music and dramatic performances. In addition to receiving free board and
lodging, each prisoner was drawing 10DM to 12DM per week, which represented his
unemployment allowance pay ... Instruction in ethics, religion, the new form of
government in Germany, history, languages, was given daily to those who desired
to attend. There was little or no crime among the men in the camp. Good order
prevailed among all classes. The guards ate the same food as the prisoners, and
were subject to the same disciplines as the internees, although they were
government officials. One of the guards was a prince of the House of Hesse ...
Letters and parcels were subject to censorship. In not one case out of many
thousands received had it been found necessary to destroy any parcel or letter
forwarded. Newspapers were permitted and smoking allowed. When a prisoner
desired to light his pipe or cigarette, he had to go to a guard detailed off to
supply lights for the prisoners, as no matches were permitted prisoners ...
Services were held every Sunday and the majority of the opportunity. No
objection was raised by the authorities to my taking photographs of both camps
and internees ... The men looked in splendid physical condition. Having heard s
may dreadful stories of brutal treatment being meted out to Communists in this
particular camp, I asked some of the men to confide in me and tell me the truth
of those allegations. Not a few laughed at 'the bloody capitalist liars in your
country.' I took fifteen men at random and asked them to strip in my presence. I
wanted to see if they bore any marks of violence on their persons. I saw nothing
indicative of bad treatment." - G.E.O Knight, In Defence of Germany, (who was
allowed complete freedom of movement in all camps)

JOHN F. KENNEDY, U.S PRESIDENT: "After
visiting these two places (the town of Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg) you can
easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred
that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He
had in him the stuff of which legends are made." - Prelude to Leadership, The
European Diary of J.F Kennedy, Summer, 1945.

JESSE OWENS, AMERICAN NEGRO OLYMPIC ATHLETE:
"When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back
at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticising the man of the hour
in Germany." - Richard D. Mandell. The Nazi Olympics

THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN: "I think that it must
be admitted that National Socialism has done a great deal for Germany. It has
undoubtedly cleaned up Germany in the ordinary moral sense of the word. The
defeatism, the corruption so manifest a characteristic in the days after the war
has disappeared, at any rate from public view. It has given discipline and order
and a sense of purpose to the great majority of young people who in earlier days
did not know where to go or what they were living for." - His Lordship, the
Marquess of Lothian, British Ambassador to Washington, June,29th, 1937

READERS DIGEST: "That Hitler’s conquest of the
hearts and minds of all classes of Germans is now so complete that even if all
his Brown Shirts and Steel Helmets were to be disbanded tomorrow he would still
be easily the strongest man in Germany, and on any appeal to the electorate
would be confirmed in power by a quite overwhelming majority of votes ... Hitler
is recognised by the whole of the political and official intelligentsia as an
exceedingly able man ... As of the militarist question. One may say with
complete certainty that what Hitler said in his Reichstag speech on May 17 was
exactly what he meant and accurately represents the policy that he will pursue
... I found no German who dreamed of the possibility of war, few who did not
hope that it might be prevented in the future altogether. The truth is that the
Nazi mind is concentrated on the internal problems of Germany and does not want
to be bothered by foreign affairs for a long time to come ... Hitler has passed
from the stage of party leader to being the national prophet of an exceedingly
serious people, and it would need another prophet to replace him." - Clifford
Sharp, former editor of the New Statesman writing in The New Statesman and
Nation. Reprinted in Readers Digest, September, 1933

JOSEPH GOEBBELS : "This century will be named
and shaped after Adolf Hitler."

EVE BRAUN TO HER SISTER: "I must write you
these words so that you will not feel sad over our end here in the shelter. It
is rather we who are filled with sorrow because it is your fate to live on into
the chaos that will follow. For myself, I am glad to die here; glad to be at the
side of the Führer; foremost of all, glad that the horror now to come is spared
me."

Dr. JOSEPH GOEBBELS TO HIS STEPSON, HARALD:
"My Dear Harald! We sit locked in the Führer's shelter in the RC., fighting for
lives and honour. I hardly believe that we shall ever see each other again;
therefore, it is likely that these will be the last lines you will ever receive
from me. I expect from you, should you outlive this war, that you do only that
which will honour your mother and father .. Germany will outlive this terrible
war, but only if it has examples upon which to guide its reconstruction. Such an
example we want to give here. Do not let yourself be confused by the uproar that
will now reign throughout the world. The lies will one day break down under
their own weight and the truth will again triumph. The hour will come when we
shall stand pure and undefiled as our aims and beliefs have always been ...
Farewell, my dear Harald. Whether we shall ever see each other again lies in the
hand of God. If it is not to be, then always be proud to have belonged to a
family that even in the face of disaster remains true to the Führer to the very
last and true to his pure and Holy cause. All the best and my heartfelt
greetings. Your Papa."

GENERAL LEON DEGRELLE: "Hitler was the
greatest statesman Europe has ever known. History will prove that when whipped
up emotions have died down. He was more matter of fact, generally more unfolded
than Napoleon. Napoleon was more of a vanquishing, empire-founding Frenchman
than a true European. Hitler, in his being a man of his time, dreamed of an
enduring, just, honest Europe, unified by the initiative of the victor. A Europe
however in which each ethnic group could develop according to their merits and
accomplishments. The proof of this is that he offered Petain his hand. Just as
Bismarck knew how to outgrow Prussia and become a German, so Hitler soon changed
from being a German to being a European. At an early stage he disconnected
himself from imperialistic ambition ... Without any difficulty he began to think
of himself as a European and initiated the creation of a Europe in which Germany
- like Prussia in Bismarck's time, was to be the foundation stone ... Some
comrades of the Führer might still have been short-sighted Pan-Germanists. But
Hitler had the genius, the right scale, the absence of bias and the necessary
vision to accomplish the terrific task ... He had an authority, not to be found
a second time in the history of the continent. His success would have
established wealth and civilisation of Europe for centuries, probably forever.
Hitler's plans for Europe would have meant a blessing for us all."

HITLER’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT:

"I nourish the conviction that the hour will
come when millions of men who now curse us will take a stand behind us to
welcome the new Europe, our common creation born of a painful and laborious
struggle and an arduous triumph - a Europe which is the symbol of greatness,
honour, strength, honesty and justice."

"At the time of supreme peril I must die a
martyr's death for the people. But after my death will come something really
great, an overwhelming revelation to the world of my mission."

"My spirit will rise from the grave, and the
world will see I was right."

"The day will come when we shall make an
agreement with the men of other Aryan nations. Then there will come a union
between all of the one, good, ruling race."